On September 26, the FBI revised the total amount of papers taken from former President Donald Trump’s property. According to a revised inventory list, the FBI seized 63 more documents or images without classified marks from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate than was previously disclosed. This comes after the FBI admitted to taking Donald Trump’s passport, personal photos, and privilege documents.
On the instructions of U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, an appointee of Reagan who is serving as a special master to address disagreements and concerns, the amended inventory was filed to the federal court in southern Florida.
Dearie directed that a government official “with sufficient knowledge of the matter” to file an affidavit. The detailed property inventory released on September 2 must be verified by a declaration or affidavit. FBI agents seized Trump’s home in August after executing a search warrant, and the affidavit needs to address that property seized is accurate and complete.
The instruction was carried out by an FBI supervisory special agent whose identity was suppressed. A Washington-based agent said the warrant was executed by a team of counterintelligence, espionage, and intelligence analysts. That team is responsible for conducting counterintelligence investigations and espionage investigations.
The agent advised that the workers completed the earlier inventory under their supervision. Still, to ensure the accuracy of the inventory, he/she and FBI personnel under his/her supervision, reviewed and recounted the seized materials in addition to producing the requested affidavit, the agent explained to Dearie.
The agent stated that this resulted in some “small modifications.” According to multiple sources a review of both inentory list show the modifications included the addition of 63 non-classified papers or images to the number the FBI initially said it collected. In addition, there are two fewer magazines/newspapers/press pieces on the updated list and two fewer empty folders with “CLASSIFIED” banners.
Other categories, such as books, gifts, and apparel, remained untouched. Trump’s legal team will have an opportunity to reply in person to the latest Justice Department filing during a status conference next week, but Trump;’s written response is due on Friday.
Last week, Dearie directed Trump’s team to submit a “declaration or affidavit” to support the former president’s public accusations that some of the objects recovered from Mar-a-Lago were put there. His attorneys can also note any objects they claim were confiscated but were not listed in the inventory.
FBI Lie on Court Documents Regarding the Number of Items Seize From Trump’s Home
On September 26, the FBI revised the total amount of papers taken from former President Donald Trump’s property. According to a revised inventory list, the FBI seized 63 more documents or images without classified marks from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate than was previously disclosed.
On the instructions of U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, an appointee of Reagan who is serving as a special master to address disagreements and concerns, the amended inventory was filed to the federal court in southern Florida.
Dearie directed that a government official “with sufficient knowledge of the matter” to file an affidavit. The detailed property inventory released on September 2 must be verified by a declaration or affidavit. FBI agents seized Trump’s home in August after executing a search warrant, and the affidavit needs to address that property seized is accurate and complete.
The instruction was carried out by an FBI supervisory special agent whose identity was suppressed. A Washington-based agent said the warrant was executed by a team of counterintelligence, espionage, and intelligence analysts. That team is responsible for conducting counterintelligence investigations and espionage investigations.
The agent advised that the workers completed the earlier inventory under their supervision. Still, to ensure the accuracy of the inventory, he/she and FBI personnel, under his/her supervision, reviewed and recounted the seized materials in addition to producing the requested affidavit, the agent explained to Dearie.
The agent stated that this resulted in some “small modifications.” According to multiple sources, a review of both inventory lists reveals the modifications included on the newer list have an addition of 63 non-classified papers or images to the number the FBI initially said it collected. In addition, there are two fewer magazines/newspapers/press pieces on the updated list and two fewer empty folders with “CLASSIFIED” banners.
Other categories, such as books, gifts, and apparel, remained untouched. Trump’s legal team will have an opportunity to reply in person to the latest Justice Department filing during a status conference next week, but Trump;’s written response is due on Friday.
Last week, Dearie directed Trump’s team to submit a “declaration or affidavit” to support the former president’s public accusations that some of the objects recovered from Mar-a-Lago were put there. His attorneys can also note any things they claim were confiscated but were not listed in the inventory.
The FBI continues to claim that it collected 33 boxes from Mar-a-Lago.
If the information is correct, the authorities took over 11,200 non-classified items from the Florida home.
The filing’s special agent stated that the adjustments were due to the extra time investigators were given to submit the final list; a previous order for the first inventory list had required it to “be accomplished in a single business day.”
Under the penalty of perjury, the agent who filed the amended list stated that he or she was “not aware of” any papers or other items confiscated from Trump’s residence that are not mentioned in the latest inventory, except for materials collected by the government’s filter team.
That team was tasked with identifying and separating information they suspected could be protected by the attorney-client privilege.
The latest inventory list excludes classified papers, owing to a recent appeals court decision that barred Dearie and Trump’s attorneys from seeing those records. One hundred three documents with classified marks were reported in the previous inventory.